Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
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Remember: Once you go over the hill, you pick up speed

Jim Thompson wrote:

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

Extensive travel is in my future :-(


I have moved it from one computer to another by doing the install,
then copy the folder to the new computer. As far as bookmarks, you can
export/import them as HTML files so you export it, then copy it to the
other computer. If you want to save existing bookmarks, export them
first and move them to another directory, just in case. As far as
passwords, there are a lot of password manager programs, but I've never
used one.




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Teflon coated.

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:49:26 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferri...file_-_Firefox

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson




Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:37:35 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:49:26 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferri...file_-_Firefox

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson




Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Thank, Spehro!

...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

Remember: Once you go over the hill, you pick up speed

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson
Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson
Hard drive *copy* to hard drive is the fastest and most reliable.
Negative side is that in the laptop you will have to satisfy the
setup differences: drivers (mostly motherboard related).
All of the above considerations depend on what "etc" covers...

On 4/8/2011 8:58 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

I've been using it for a couple of months now and I like it for my
purposes. Beyond that, I have no comments.

Additionally, I cannot comment on security.

John

carbonite.com and gotomypc.com
Both allow you to retrieve files from a remote computer.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, CTO | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | |
| Voice480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat |
| E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

Remember: Once you go over the hill, you pick up speed

Oppie wrote:
carbonite.com and gotomypc.com
Both allow you to retrieve files from a remote computer.

"Jim Thompson" wrote
in message ...
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson
--

I just run sshd on my home boxes and forward port 22 to some non-obvious
port on the Internet side of the firewall. Then you can use Expandrive
or something like that (I use sshfs from Linux) and mount the drive from
your remote machine. That avoids most of the security problems.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Principal
ElectroOptical Innovations
55 Orchard Rd
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058

email: hobbs (atsign) electrooptical (period) net
http://electrooptical.net

Phil Hobbs wrote:
Oppie wrote:
carbonite.com and gotomypc.com
Both allow you to retrieve files from a remote computer.

"Jim Thompson" wrote
in message ...
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:57 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:58:48 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

Firefox Sync: Anyone tried it?

Comments?

...Jim Thompson

Do you trust their encryption and privacy policies? Since all your
saved passwords and much other personal information is going to be
sent outside...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Duh! I didn't think of that :-(

Is there some simple way to duplicate settings, bookmarks, passwords,
etc., from my main machine onto my laptop?

Extensive travel is in my future :-(

...Jim Thompson
--

I just run sshd on my home boxes and forward port 22 to some non-obvious
port on the Internet side of the firewall. Then you can use Expandrive
or something like that (I use sshfs from Linux) and mount the drive from
your remote machine. That avoids most of the security problems.


You also need a DynDNS account, but they're free if you don't mind
having a cheesy domain name.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs